Heel-nailing machine



(No Model!) P. P. RAYMOND, 2d.

HEEL NAILING MACHINE. N0 317,672. Patented May 12, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 21), OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL-NAILING MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,672, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed January 13, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREEBORN F. RAY- MOND, 2d, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heel-N ailin g Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in explaining its nature.

The object of this invention is to supply means for securing or attaching heels to the soles of boots or shoes, so that when finished they shall have the appearance of being blindnailed; and it comprises, first, the formation, in the top-lift of the heel-blank, of a channel or inner surface by turning up a flap cut in from the edge of the lift, as hereinafter described; second,in driving the attaching'nails through the channel or inner surface thus provided, so that their heads shall be flush with the upper surface thereof; and, third, in forming the templet or pressure plate of the machine so that the flap may not be injured while the nails are being driven.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows the application of myinvention to a National machine, so called. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the telnplet or pressure plate. Fig.3 shows the templet-plate in position over the heelblank, with the flap of the top-lift turned over into a recessin the templet. Fig. 4 shows the attaching-nail driver, and Fig. 5 the heel with the flap turned up to expose the channel. Fig. 6 shows the complete heel with the flap turned down over the heads of the attaching nails.

Fig. 7 shows a modification.

A represents the heel-blank, and a the toplift,whichhasachannel,a,socalled,althougl1' none of the heel is removed, the channel being formed therein by cutting a slit about its edge inwardly, so as toperinit the flap to be turned up so as to expose the nailing-surface. The heel-blank as thus prepared is then submitted to the operation of the nailing-machine. In order, however, that the flap may not be injured, I have formed the under surface of the pressure or templet B with the recesses b, for the reception of the turned'over flap of the toplift, and have also extended the surrounding section b downward, in order that it may bear upon the surface of the top lift exposed by the turning up of the flap while the central portion, 0 shall bear upon the central part of the heel, if desired. The holes are first the nails are then driven, their heads left flush with the upper surface of the channel or nail ing-surface of the toplift. The templet is then removed and the nailing-surface covered With cement or glue, the flap turned back thereon, and the spanker-plate brought into position and reciprocated, thereby compress ing the flap solidly in place and covering the ends of the nails, so that they are concealed from view, and this is done without injuring in any respect the surface of the top-lift.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The templet-plate having a recess in its under surface for the reception of the turned up flap of the top'lift, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

7 2. The templetplate having the surfaces 1) b arranged in relation to each other, substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2D.

Witnesses:

J. M. DOLAN, FRED. B. DOLAN. 

